One of the last three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners has arrived in Cornwall, where it will become part of the Classic Air Force collection in Newquay. Known as "the Queen of the Skies", the VC10 was ...

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Just because it’s based on a crazy idea or has a more unusual appearance doesn’t mean it’s wrong – or, in the case of Steve Jones, impossible. A former RAF engineer, Jones had always dreamed of a very ...

The U.K. Royal Air Force has retired the last of its vintage Vickers VC10 aerial refueling tankers, which opens an unlikely capability gap. For almost 50 years, the VC10 provided strategic transport, ...

The last Vickers VC10 built in the UK has been flown to a Surrey airfield after being retired from RAF service. The aircraft, which carries the RAF serial number ZA150, touched down at Dunsfold Park ...

The last Vickers VC10 built in the UK was flown to Dunsfold after being retired by the RAF this week. The aircraft, serial number ZA150, took its final flight on Tuesday (September 24) from Brize ...

With its four Conway engines screaming across the runway, the legendary Vickers VC10 delivered one of its final and loudest takeoffs before retirement. The jet’s low flyover sent shockwaves through ...

THE Vickers VC10 will make its final flight from RAF Brize Norton today after nearly 50 years of service. Two aircraft will take off from the West Oxfordshire base at 10am this morning and land at ...

On their final flight the VC10s refuelled a Eurofighter Typhoon, Tornado GR4, Hercules, Boeing E-3 Sentry as well as each other The RAF's last Vickers VC10 jetliners have completed their final mission ...

The Royal Air Force's Vickers VC10 tanker squadron is preparing for the final rundown of its fleet as it works towards a planned March 2013 retirement of the 1960s transport design. RAF Brize ...